Can this be for real?! Am I really starting this journey that will bring me around the world doing what I love to do?! Am I really going to be spending a year loving on people and telling them about the One that has loved me endlessly? Seriously, someone pinch me!
I have been dreaming about the World Race for probably two years now. You can ask my friends. I’ve talked their ears off telling them about the Race. Ever since I saw a post on Facebook and clicked on the link that led me to their home page, I knew without a doubt that this was what God had in store for me. I didn’t know when it would be, but I knew this was it.
After spending two months living in the Philippines, I knew God meant me for more than just working in a hospital and going on yearly week-long mission trips like I had planned for my life. That trip changed my life and my outlook on missions. God showed me what He truly meant when He said “Go and make disciples.” I had always thought that only certain people were called to go when really, God was calling all Christians when He gave that command.
It has been no easy task deciding to go on the World Race. Going on this trip means leaving my family and friends, a stable job that I like and am good at, and all the comforts of the States. It means living out of a backpack for a year with strangers that I’ve never meant but that I will soon call family. While I’ve spent the last two years dreaming of this time, it has not always been with happiness. I’ve definitely have had my ups and downs. For months, I would be so excited to go. It was all I could think about. At other times, I wouldn’t even know if this is something I wanted to do anymore. But through all of this, I never once doubted that this was what God had in store for me for the next step of my life. And never have I been able to get around what God has planned for me to do! So, ladies and gentlemen, this is my first of many posts that will document my next chapter in life- being part of the January Route 2 World Race!!!!
I would love for you to take this journey with me! I will be posting about once a week (no easy task, I’m no writer…) about what is going on in my life and on the Race. My plan is to be humble and honest about what is going on in my head and my heart. This journey is about real people sharing a very real God and I want that to start with this blog. I will be sending out support letters and prayer requests soon! If you would like to be on my prayer and support team, please let me know or if you would just like some more general information, please feel free contacting me. I love telling people about the World Race and how they can be apart of the mission! I am so excited about this journey and cannot wait to share it with everyone!!!
